My Audio thread

[harv]

Any updates?

John

[accident]

this is fucking awesome. i wish i had the money and patience to do this.

[E30Nova]

Yeah, I wanna see that sub controller mounted.

Thing looks tits.

Matt

[BeirBrennerE30]

aweosme... You have to put up some more pics of the finished product! What happened with the amp? did you get a new one that wasnt DOA? More pics of teh CD43 mounting as well as the door speaker mounting.

Everything looks amazing

[deansbimmer]

UPDATE!

So, I've been driving the car for about 500 miles now, and I cannot say enough about Lukes lucky sub box. It is amazing how much bass this setup puts out. My amp's sub output isn't very powerful being a 5ch, but damn, I've barely got it running at 60% output to get more bass than I'd ever want.

With the soundproofing and cabin sealing that I did, you can crank the volume till it makes your ears hurt, yet with the engine running and standing outside the car, you CANNOT tell that the stereo is on, much less blasting full bore. The box and how it mounts is so efficient that you can't hear me coming down the street. I've showed it off at work and a couple local car clubs, and nobody has said that they've heard a better sub setup.

Mad props to Luke, (StereoInstaller)

[deansbimmer]

Luke, what are the odds of the new amp having problems? I went to install it today and it won't turn on either. It does the exact same thing. Whether bench testing it or in the car, my power wires read 13v, but when I hook it up to the amp the voltage drops to around 5 volts. Nothing heats up, no lights, doesn't blow a fuse, nothing.

This is blowing my mind.

EDIT: I'm sending this DOA amp back to Infinity for a second go. I'm not too hot on these amps so far...

[StereoInstaller1]

Nice work! That sub level controller looks great.

[325ix]

I like your set-up so far Im in the middle of gettingone going myself

[deansbimmer]

Sorry for the delay in updates, work has had me out of town for the last 3 weekends. I will get some pictures of the CD43 all mounted up, I've tried getting some decent shots but I cant get a shot that doesn't look like ass. The pedals are from AKG.

Upon Luke's recommendation, I got a sub level remote so I can adjust the bass on the quick and easy. Since I listen to all kinds of music I wanted to be able to adjust bass volume without reaching under the seat or entering the CD43 menus... I took a HVAC panel plug and modded the remote to fit the panel plug. Looks awesome installed just above the volume knob.

[bwanac]

i love coming to r3v and finding these gems in the sub forums i rarely view.

your interior looks clean, cant wait to see the product. what pedals are those? ebay?

[Schnitzer318is]

Wow great work. You have me wanted to redo mine, and I thought mine was pretty clean. :thumbsup:

[Miasma]

You do great work man, Saw your E46 console install as well.

[xLibelle]

very nice! lots of detailed work, i'm sure it seems like a pain and taking forever.

Please take a few more closeups of the CD43 mounted. I have been searching for vintage-clean and keep coming back to this HU. I dont like the color difference but it blows everything else away in terms of "OEM". I'm interested in fitment after you got it centered and fitted.

[deansbimmer]

Thanks guys!

How are the door panels covered? 2 pieces butted together or the cloth and vinyl sewn as one piece?

Since I needed a solid mounting point for the speaker, I made a panel from 1/8" chipboard (? kinda like MDF but brown) covered it, and bolted it to the door panel.

[svn2002s]

How are the door panels covered? 2 pieces butted together or the cloth and vinyl sewn as one piece?